Published on 12, July, 2020
New series starting Tuesday night on BBC2 at 9pm. 5 parts and hosted by Chris Packham.
I thought I would recreate discussion on this programme as it has been replayed tonight (and also aired yesterday).
The individual films of each autistic participant are great however there are few issues with the programme in general and Chris Packham:
Ausomely Autistic said:Firstly, Chris Packham is not immersed in our autistic community enough in order to reliably represent us.
As you are fond of pointing out, autistic people are very diverse. Nobody can represent everyone.
At least Chris is raising awareness and trying to educate the wider population. I like the man.
Yes I understand that, I just think the programme would have been better if may be a younger autistic person presented who had better connections to our autistic community.
Yes you are completely right, BBC Three is definitely aimed at a younger audience.